It's bad enough that the Friars are coming off their worst five-game defensive span of the season – one in which they allowed an average of 78.8 points per game — but that inauspicious run also coincides with the arrival of UConn women's basketball team onto their campus tonight.

Providence appears to be catching the Huskies at exactly the wrong time as nation's No. 1-ranked scoring offense (82.9 ppg) could be peaking.

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